:: U Amaze Me ::

Judging by the response to last night's show there's plenty of serious house music fanatics here in the sunny South. Nice one!  And you lot never cease to amaze me with your knowledge and enthusiasm for the tunes.  Tonight's show featured a dozen upfront future dance floor killers, plus my Nirvana Mixbuster mash-up and a superb guest mix from Fred Falke.

Fred Falke doin' the biz on the FIRE Guest Mix!

Here's my playlist:

Steve Angello & Laidback Luke ft. Robin S - Show Me Love 08 (Single Edit) (Data)

Consoul Trainin' - Stop (Club Edit) (Strictly)

Michael Woods - Natural High (Out Of Office Vocal Remix) (White)

The Outsiders ft. Amanda Wilson - Keep This Fire Burnin' (Freemasons Vocal Mix) (Loaded)

Haji & Emanuel with Beverley Knight & Bryan Chambers - The Pressure (Big Love)

DJ Pedro - Day By Day (Hit!)

Malibu Sneakers - Get Down Again (Out Of Office Remix) (Data)

Tong & Spoon - Gas Face (Televizion)

Markus Gardeweg - Fairplay (DONS & DBN Remix) (Kontor)

Sander Van Doorn vs. Robbie Williams - Close My Eyes (Original Mix) (Maelstrom)

Nirvana vs. Mixbuster - Smells Like Teen Electro (Bootleg)

Herve - Cheap Thrills (Dubsided)

Alex Romano - Get Down (Big & Dirty)

Hybrid - Finished Symphony (Deadmau5 Remix) (DBR/White)

Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat (Atlantic)

Deadmau5 - Bye Friend (Intro) (Mau5trap)

Lucio Aquilina - Disco Bus (Toolroom)

Butch - Mushroom Man (Toolroom)

Eric Prydz - Evouh (Original Mix) (Pryda)

Tom Da Neef - Sweatm (Laidback Luke Mix) (Stealth)

Filter Freq. - Dirty Sexy Club (Deadmau5 Remix) (Mau5trap)

Deadmau5 ft. MC Flipside - Hi Friend (Dub Mix) (Mau5trap)

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Fred Falke Guest Mix

Back next week for more of the same.

Si

:: The show goes on ::

A mixture of emotions as I took to the airwaves last night to bring you all the latest bag of future releases, sneaky bootlegs and hot remixes.  Hopefully I didn't disappoint and a few of you were clearly feeling the tunes last night, so thanks for your calls and texts.

We took the chance last night to re-visit the guest mix from Mark Wilkinson (Kidology), who was my special guest during the Summer. Mark is back in town soon (6th Dec @ 2020) for his awesome Kidology night.  Do check him and the lovely Kidettes out when they hit town for a final session from them for 2008.

Here's the tracklisting for the show:

Consoul Trainin - Stop (Club Edit) (Strictly)

Outsiders ft. Amanda Wilson - Keep This Fire Burnin' (Freemasons Remix) (Loaded)

Solitaire ft. Shena - Fantasy (Original Mix) (Solo Music)

Fish & Chips vs. Tanya Louise - Deep In You (Ortega's Soulful Mix) (Jolly Roger)

No Halo - Put Your Hands On (Club Mix) (Hed Kandi)

DJ Pedro - Day By Day (Extended Club Mix) (Hit!)

John Barrowman - What About Us (Simmons & Christopher Remix) (Epic)

Jupiter Ace - Believe (Original Mix) (Top Draw)

Girls Aloud - The Promise (Dave Aude Unreleased Remix) (Polydor)

Fonzarelli - Losing U (Club Remix) (Big In Ibiza)

Tinatin - Thinking Of Someone Else (White Label)

Wideboys & Dennis G - Sambuca 08 (Electro Remix) (AATW)

Sharon Woolf vs. Bimbo Jones - Sweet Like Chocolate 08 (White Label)

Chicago vs. Mixbuster - Hard To Say I'm Sorry (Bootleg)

Flash - Saviour Of Electro (Bootleg)

Ron Carroll - Bump To This (Muzzaik Remix) (Spinnin)

Sander Van Doorn vs. Robbie Williams - Close My Eyes (Original Mix) (Maelstrom)

Eric Prydz - Evouh (Original Mix) (Pryda)

DJ Rasoul - True Science (Leaf Vinyl)

Bobby Peru - Venom (Vision)

Deadmau5 - Bye Friend (Sample Only) (Mau5trap)

Deadmau5 - Hi Friend (Mau5trap)

Kidda - Under The Sun (Herve Remix) (Skint)

Markus Gardeweg - Fairplay (DONS & DBN Remix) (Kontor)

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Mark Wilkinson/Kidology Guest Mix

Back next week for more of the same.

Si

:: Final Departure ::

Ken Sinfield (2 November 1932 - 12th November 2008)

My thanks to everyone for your kind words and cards of sympathy over this past week.  My Dad was clearly well loved and highly regarded amongst all that knew him.  After his battle with Alzheimers, which can never be won, he died peacefully last Wednesday with a legacy of love, laughs and daft stories.

I hope that his condition meant he knew nothing about his final few weeks and that he's now walking the dog, catching up with his Father, and finally getting to know his Mother.

Love you Dad.

:: Pure Quality ::

A return to the FIRE airwaves last night after my brief escape. I plowed my way through the tunes last night, in a bid to bring you a cross section of upfront house and electro tunes, plus some quality vocal house and cheeky bootlegs. A stack of texts and calls to the studio throughout the evening kept me very busy. Thanks for getting involved.

On Air with the 'Wheels Of Plastic'!

Just after 9pm I featured a new Mixbuster creation - where I've just ripped up Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' into a dirty piece of electro nonsense. Not the first person to do this I know, but it needed a spin. Alongside this was the absolutely brilliant 'Electro Sandman' by Dunproofin' - a purveyor of mighty find mash-ups and mixes and a huge, huge talent! Check his blog out here.

Jason Herd, a guest on the show a few weeks ago, supplied the guest mix @ 10pm, which provided a quality end to the evening session on FIRE107.6FM.

Playlist below:

Guru Josh 'Infinity 2008' (Maelstrom)
Stockholm Syndrome 'Make You Whole' (Super-Superb)
ATFC 'Juss A Beat' (Defected)
Denis The Menace & Big World ' Show Me A Reason' (Tuna)
No Halo 'Put Your Hands On' (Hed Kandi)
Poussez vs. Demarkus Lewis ft. Hannak Khemoh 'Passin Thru' (Tone Control)
John Legend 'Greenlight' (Columbia)
Sharon Wolf vs. Bimbo Jones 'Sweet Like Chocolate' (White)
Malibu Sneakers 'Get Down' (Data)
Kurd Maverick & Azin 'Let The Freak Out' (Opaque)
Robin S 'Show Me Love 08' (Champion)
Deadmau5 'Bye Friend' (Sample) (Mau5trap Recordings)
Robin S 'Luv 4 Luv 08' (Champion)
Mixbuster vs. Nirvana 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' (Bootleg)
Dunproofin' 'Electro Sandman' (Bootleg)
Andrew Spencer vs. Lazard 'Here Without You' (Mondo's Remix) (White)
Deadmau5 ft. MC Flipside 'Hi Friend' (Cinnamon)
Laidback Luke 'Break The House Down' (Stealth)
Mark Knight vs. Dirty South vs. The Police 'Like Black Spot On The Sun' (Bootleg)
Filter Freq 'Dirty Sexy Club' (Deadmau5 Remix) (Kontrast)
Nicky Romero 'Funktion One' (Loopfreaks)
Hybrid 'Finished Symphony' (DR)
Funkagenda 'San Francisco' (Toolroom)
Simian Mobile Disco 'Hustler' (Wichita)
+
Jason Herd Guest Mix

Back next week as usual. See ya.

:: Put Your Hands On ::

Another session of upfront house tunage and some storming electro tracks for your ears last night. Loads of feedback for the tunes, especially some of the slightly more obscure tracks that I had on the show last night. Tracklisting below if you want to source the sounds!

No Halo 'Put Your Hands On' (Radio Edit) (Hed Kandi)
Stockholm Syndrome 'Make You Whole' (Club Mix) (Super-Superb)
Bimbo Jones 'And I Try' (Max Jackson Dirty Funk Mix) (Promo)
Eric Prydz 'Pjanoo' (Evans Sax Mix) (Data)
Fake Blood 'Mars' (Original Mix) (Cheap Thrills)
Poussez vs. Demarkus Lewis ft. Hannah Khemoh 'Passin Thru' (Tone Control)
John Legend 'Greenlight' (Karmatronic Remix) (Columbia)
Guru Josh Project 'Infinity 2008' (Maelstrom)
Onionz ft. SNOW 'Nothin But Love' (Funkerman Remix) (Toolroom)
ATFC 'Juss A Beat' (Original Mix) (Defected)
Mondotek 'Alive' (Hard2Beat)
Damian Wilson 'Take Me Away' (Original Club Mix) (Cr2)
Sharon Wolf vs. Bimbo Jones 'Sweet Like Chocolate 08' (Vocal Mix) (White)
Shapeshifters 'Chime' Martijn Ten Velden Remix' (Nocturnal)
Mark Knight & Funkagenda 'Done & Dusted' (Meerkats Mix) (Toolroom)
Deadmau5 'Bye Friend' (J&S)
Frank Anthony 'But Full On' (Simon Sinfield Remix) (UD)
Quarion 'Takin No Shots' (Toolroom)
Deschamps 'A Million Oaks' (Toolroom)
Bart B More 'Make Some Noise'
Frankie Rizardo 'Rush-hour' (Mixbuster Mash-Up)
WTF 'Chicken' Original Mix) (Toolroom)

Gonna be missing in action next week by taking a little break away from the madness, however you'll be taken care of by 2020 resident James Herkes. Please do check him out and give him the usual Pure Fire love.

Back in a fortnight. Take care.

:: Knight night! ::

A great response as always for the tunage on last night's show. Thanks for your feedback. The highlight of course was my very special guest, DJ/Producer and record label boss Mark Knight. Mark will be celebrating the 2nd birthday of Toolroom Knights at the Ministry Of Sound, London this coming Saturday (11th Oct). A massive session is planned to celebrate his fantastic year and the launch of his current Toolroom Knights album - of which we gave away a signed copy!

www.djmarkknight.com

Mark chatted about some new projects as well as enjoying the recognition he's had for his cover of the Laurent Garnier classic 'Man With A Red Face' that he released with Funkagenda - which has just been voted as Ibiza's number one track for 2008 in the recent DJ Awards.

Cahill were on the guest mix from 10pm, so all in all a cracker of a show for you lot. I hope you enjoyed it.

Here's my playlist:

No Halo 'Put Your Hands On' (Edit) (Hed Kandi)

Guru Josh Project 'Infinity 2008' (Edit) (Maelstrom)

Damian Wilson ft. Abigail Bailey 'Take Me Away' (Cr2)

Stockholm Syndrome 'Make You Whole' (Super-Superb)

Eric Prydz 'Pjanoo' (Sax Mix) (Data)

2 Tyme ft. Jennifer Jones 'Missing You' (Thomas Gold Remix) (Hard2Beat)

Love Over Money 'Keep On' (Restless Soul Mix) (Tone Control)

Robin Thicke ft. Mary J Blige 'Magic' (Moto Blanco Mix) (Interscope)

Eugene Wilde 'Fallin' (Global Harmony)

Mondotek 'Alive' (K-Klass Mix) (Hard2Beat)

Malibu Sneakers 'Get Down' (Original Vocal Mix) (Live)

Phonat 'Learn To Recycle' (4 To The Floor Mix) (MoFo HiFi)

Timbaland vs. Mixbuster 'Bootie'

Mark Knight & Funkagenda 'Done & Dusted' (Toolroom)

Mark Knight & Funkagenda 'Shogun' (Toolroom)
*Mark Knight Interview*

Mark Knight & Funkagenda 'Man With A Red Face' (Toolroom)

Onionz ft. SNOW 'Nothin But Love' (Funkerman Remix) (Toolroom)

Deadmau5 'Bye Friend' (Jump & Shout)

John Dahlback pres. Fatz 'Godfather' (Toolroom)

Point A. vs. Luke Dubyah 'Floordance' (White Label)

Tim Weeks 'Fashionably Late' (Toolroom)

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Cahill Guest Mix

:: Lazy Like Sunday Morning ::

Lazy afternoons only come second to lazy Sunday mornings. I don't know about you, but there's nothing better than a very slow and lazy start to a Sunday. Maybe read the papers, a bit of soft tunage on the stereo and a croissant or two, all accompanied by a few espressos.

'Snoop Dog was feeling weally woof!'

No snooze time for me this Sunday, as I'm in for Daniel 'BH' Baker this weekend, covering his breakfast show on FIRE 107.6FM. I'll hopefully get a coffee in, and maybe a bacon bap (or two - ahem!), but I won't be sound asleep like this lucky old dawg!

Tune in to see if I manage to wake up for the show!

:: Moby Magic ::

Some great feedback as always for the tunes I push out on the FIRE evening session. This week, the 9pm mash-up featured electro versions of Timbaland, Coldplay, Christina Aguilera and Eurythmics! The guest mix came from fellow baldy-man Moby. Nice!

Here's my playlist:

Guru Josh Project 'Infinity 2008'

Stockholm Syndrome 'Make You Whole'

Liquid Nation ft. Andrea Britton 'Breathe Life'

Eric Prydz 'Pjanoo' (Alex Astero & Evan Sax Mix)

Marc Evans 'Reach Out'

Jon Cutler 'It's Yours'

Damian Wilson 'Take Me Away'

Hybrid 'Finished Symphony' (Deadmau5 Remix)

Energy 52 'Cafe Del Mar 08' (Dar Bruck & Klein Mix)

Timbaland 'Feel Electro' (Bootleg)

Coldplay 'Viva La Vida' (Bootleg)

Eurythmics 'Sweet Dreams' (Bootleg)

Christina Aguilera 'Dirty' (Bootleg)

Snap 'Rhythm Is A Dancer' (Tom Novy Remix)

Deadmau5 'Bye Friend'

Daft Punk 'Harder Better Faster Stronger' (Deadmau5 Mix)

Herve 'Cheap Thrills' (Armand Van Helden Remix)

Fake Blood 'Mars'

Point A. vs. Luke Dubyah 'Floordance'

Simian Mobile Disco 'Hustler'

+ Moby Guest Mix

Got to get up early on Sunday to cover the weekend breakfast show for Daniel 'BH' Baker. Eeek!

Catchyalata.

:: Tunes On Tuesday ::

Last night was a cracker of a show with masses of texts and calls to the studio. Thanks for getting involved. Lots of newbies last night and quite a few 'freshers' arriving in Bournemouth for their new University studies. Welcome!

Gonna be DJ'ing the big 'freshers' house night Espionage at The Old Firestation next Monday 29th Sept. Paul Wilkins (Hed Kandi) will be headlining and it's set to be another superb night of quality house tunes, a cool crowd, in a superb venue. Find me upstairs playing twisted house, so come and say hello.

As promised, here's last night's playlist. Catchya next week.

Guru Josh Project 'Infinity 2008' (Klass Vocal Remix) (Maelstrom)
Buzz Junkies ft. Alison Limerick 'Where Love Lives 08' (Buzz Junkies Club Mix) (AATW)
Anastacia 'I Can Feel You' (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron Remix) (Mercury)
Liquid Nation ft. Andrea Britton 'Breathe Life' (Chris Ortega & Thomas Gold Remix) (Hit!)
Moby 'Disco Lies' (Freemasons Remix) (Mute)
Louie Vega & Jay Sinister Sealee ft. Julie McKnight 'Diamond Life' (Defected)
Marc Evans 'Reach Out For Love' (ATFC Remix) (Defected)
ATFC 'Juss A Beat' (Defected)
Denis The Menace & Big World pres. Phillip Van Het Veld 'Show Me A Reason' (Tuna)
Greg Stainer 'Long Verb' (Kinky Malinki)
Delerium ft. Sarah McLachlan 'Silence o8' (Thomas Gold Remix) (Nettwerk)
Energy 52 'Cafe Del Mar' (Dah Bruck & Klein Remix) (AATW)
Picotto vs. Papini 'Gonna Get Ya (Big In Ibiza)
Fake Blood 'Mars' (Original) (Southern Fried)
Phonat 'Learn To Recycle' (On The Floor Remix) (MoFo HiFi)
Stockholm Syndrome 'Make You Whole' (Club Mix) (Super-Superb)
The Drill 'Piano Man' (Destined)
Richard Grey 'Warped Bass' (SS Remix) (Tiger)
Blendbrank 'Synthetic Symphony' (Global Underground)
UHM 'Our House' (SS Mash Up) (Secure)
Bart Claussen 'First Light' (White Label)
DJ Kit & Alex Nevsky 'Zombie Nation' (White Label)

:: iPhone baby! ::

I wonder if you can help me? I'm looking for a country in the world where it would be legal for me to marry my new iPhone!? I lurv it! Apple you are amazing!

I've been using Mac stuff since the IIci and continue to be amazed at the genius devices, interfaces and cool ideas that continually eminate from Apple HQ in Cupertino, California, USA. Johnny Ive should be knighted by the Queen. Nuff said.

As far as tunage goes, lots of 'Back for 08' material on the show next week, so join me on FIRE 107.6FM from 8pm, Tuesday night for your weekly dose of house, electro, beats, bleeps and tasty remixes. Listen online at: fireradio.co.uk

:: Herd it on the grapevine ::

This week's show featured a mix of new tunes, a modern classic, a couple of remixes and a brilliant special guest!

I was joined last night by Jason Herd, who is probably best known for being one-half of Herd & Fitz. However, it was clear from chattting to him that his future collaborations and signings on his own label 'J-Funk', mean that he's progressed far beyond his J-Soul days and earlier releases. The latest release 'The Right Way' sees him teaming up with Wawa and the superb vocal talents of Amanda Wilson.


This was only surpassed on the show last night by Jason giving us a sneaky listen to his 21st release 'Greenlight', which he's created with Pure Fire favourite Ben Macklin, and vocalist Steve Edwards. Quite a line up of tunes and quite a guest. We topped this off as usual by letting Jason loose on the FIRE airwaves for an hours guest mix. Pure quality for Tuesday night.

The playlist was a follows:
Guru Josh Project 'Infinity 08' (Klass Edit) ( Maelstrom)
Axwell & Bob Sinclar 'What A Wonderful World' (EDX Vocal Mix) (Defected)
Greg Stainer 'Long Verb' (Kinky Malinki)
Buzz Junkies ft. Alison Limerick 'Where Love Lives 08' (AATW)
Liquid Nation ft. Andrea Britton 'Breathe Life' (Chris Ortega & Thomas Gold Remix) (Hit!)
Damian Wilson ft. Anne Bailey 'Take Me Away' (DONS vs. DBN Remix) (Cr2)
Energy 52 'Cafe Del Mar 08' (Da Bruck & Klein Remix) (AATW)
Prok & Fitch 'New Wave' (Pure Fire Radio Edit) (Stealth)
The Drill 'Piano Man' (Destined)
Herd & Fitz ft. Abigail Bailey 'Just Can't Get Enough' (J-Funk)
Wawa & Herd ft. Amanda Wilson 'The Right Way' (Chris Ortega Remix) (J-Funk)
Jason Herd & Ben Macklin ft. Steve Edwards 'Greenlight' (J-Funk)
Moby 'Disco Lies' (Freemasons Remix) (Mute)
Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk 'Love Can't Turn Around 08' (Backyard)
Fake Blood 'Mars' (Southern Fried)
Phonat 'Learn To Recycle' (On The Floor Mix) (MoFo HiFi)
Stockholm Syndrome 'Make You Whole' (2008 Remix) (Super-Superb)
Picotto vs. Papini 'Gonna Get Ya (Chris MiMo Mix) (Big In Ibiza)
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Guest Mix by Jason Herd.

Back next week for some more house, electro, beats, bleeps and remixes. Bye.

:: Breathe Life ::

I've been playing this for a while now, but have decided to blog about it in time for the weekend because it's been released for public consumption today. Liquid Nation (aka the Bassmonkeys) have come out with a real commercial dance tune, with a catchy vocal from Andrea Britton and a superb remix from Chris Ortega & Thomas Gold. Already sounding good on my radio shows and getting great reaction on the dancefloor it's available for download here.

Have a great weekend peeps.

:: Pure Fire / Mark Knight Guest Mix ::

Once again a stack of new tunes for you on my show last night, plus a great guest mix from Toolroom boss and tune wizard Mark Knight. Here's last night's playlist:

Soul Buddha ft. Lisa Millett 'Realize' (Vision Factory Remix) (Just For Fun)
Moby 'Disco Lies' (Freemasons Mix) (Mute)
Montanas & Roland Clark 'Music Talking' (Defected)
The Young Punx 'Fire' (Solitaire Remix) (MoFoHiFi)
The Drill 'Piano Man' (Destined)
Fake Blood 'Mars' (Cheap Thrills)
The Presets 'Talk Like That' (Dave Spoon Mix) (Modular)
Greg Stainer 'Long Verb' (Original Mix) (Kinky Malinki)
Energy 52 'Cafe Del Mar' (Out Of Office Remix) (AATW)
Phunk Investigation 'Your Love' (Absolutely)
Fanatix 'Call On Me' (Hed Kandi)
Ron Geffer 'Your Beat Sounds Like' (Hed Kandi)
Steve Mac 'Paddy's Revenge' (12" Club Mix) (3 Beat Blue)
Laidback Luke vs. The Korgis 'Need Your Lovin' (White Label)
Mason 'Quarter' (Original Mix) (Vendetta)
Erika Jayne 'Rollercoaster' (Mark Knight Remix) (Toolroom)
Blendbrank - Synthetic Symphony (Deadmau5 Remix) (Stealth)
Delerium ft. Sarah McLachlan 'Silence 08' (Niels van Gogh vs. Thomas Gold Remix) (Nettwerk)
Mike Di Scala & Colin Airey 'Space & Time' (Deadmau5 Vocal Remix) (3 Beat Blue)
LRD vs. Ce Ce Peniston 'Finally Jacques Your Body' (Mashed by The Mixbuster) (http://www.mixbuster.com/)

The very talented James Herkes is covering my show whilst I'm covering the Drive Time slot on FIRE. Count the number of Laidback Luke tunes he drops. I bet you he hits double figures! Ha!

:: Dave Spoon on FIRE ::

We keep smacking you around the head with the big name DJ's and producers on FIRE 107.6FM! This week's hard-hitting house hero was local-ish lad Dave Spoon. His current mix CD for Toolroom is fantastic and we managed a signed copy giveaway on my show last night, as well as broadcasting a 1 hour guest mix.

www.myspace.com/davespoon

Toolroom Knights - www.toolroomrecords.com - is a double mix CD by Dave, featuring quality tunes, brilliantly put together, showcasing some of his own tracks and remixes (88/Baditude/Liability) and other monsters from Toolroom Records (plus some partner labels). Considered to be one of the UK's most exciting new DJ/producers, the guest mix featuerd many of the same tracks and I personally felt it was one of the best we've ever broadcast.

The trouble is keeping this momentum going. I mean who can we get to top the last few guests on my show!? Well you'll just have to wait and see...

:: Prok & Fitch on FIRE ::

This week I hooked up with Prok & Fitch to talk about their new tunes, remixes and label. The boys were hard at work in a studio in Ibiza whilst everyone else was on the beach, but no complaints from Ben or James, as they're clearly both loving the opportunities that they've got going. Plenty of gigs, top quality productions, plus a genuine passion for the music, makes them a popular pair of very talented guys - just ask Roger Sanchez!

Prok & Fitch: Main Room @ The Honey Club, Brighton, UK.

I kicked off Prok & Fitch night on FIRE with their brilliant tune 'Camping' (Stealth). After the interview we featured their new tune 'New Wave' (Stealth), before broadcasting their brilliant guest mix at the end of the evening. It was great to catch up with Ben & James and it was clear that the FIRE audience were thrilled to hear from this dynamic duo. Thanks for your texts and calls.

Check out their label Floorplay and their MySpace page.

:: Laidback Luke on FIRE107.6FM ::

If you missed my radio show last night then shame on you! The extremely talented "thriller from Manila", Laidback Luke, joined me on the phone to discuss his current projects and play some of his latest tunes. He let us into some secrets of his production methods and told us how he originally hooked up with Daft Punk and Steve Angello. He also expalined how he gained his inspiration to create some of the spell-binding remixes we all love so much.

Luke van Scheppingen: aka Laidback Luke

It seems everyone who's into their dance tunes love Luke's work and the phone calls and texts to the studio last night proved what a popular guest for the show he was. Thanks for your feedback. All we need to do now is to get him to Bournemouth to 'Break The House Down'!

Luke's new tune: Laidback Luke & Tom Stephan ft. Romanthony 'Show' is a cracker! Go and buy it now! And look out for his new mix for Steve Angello due to surface any day!

My thanks to Luke for taking the time out to chat and for sharing so much with us.

:: illin' & chillin' ::

The Mixbuster massive went down to sunny Spain for a week of illin' & chillin'. I could show you the delights of Alicante (!) and the beautiful beaches of Calpe and the striking Altea hills, but instead I'm going to show you another in my series of airport terminals (see previous blog entries). You see, the life of a superstar DJ always seem to include ridiculous amounts of time waiting in airport terminals!

Aeropuerto-de-Alicante

Our Spanish break was great, apart from the bad weather (2 half days of sunshine), a lifetime of searching for the villa when we arrived and the freezing cold swimming pool! All the same, I now have a strong desire to turn my back on the UK, buy a villa in Spain and have my recording studio looking out over the mediterranean!

:: Ten out of Ten Velden ::

Previously on the blog I shouted about the great re-working of the Orbital's classic 'Chime' by The Shapeshifters.  Yesterday, those lovely record people at Defected chucked the tasty Martin Ten Velden remix my way.  First rotation was on last night's Pure Fire, before letting rip with it over the weekend.  First UK airplay?  Quite possibly.

Defected have also put together this great video for the original tune.

Enjoy it you Acid House monkeys!

:: 50,000 people used to live here... ::

If you have geek tendencies, or are clued up on your popular culture references, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about if I say:

"Fifty thousand people used to live here - now it's just a ghost town!"

Yes, I have finally succumbed to the 13 year old boy stuck inside my bald head and bought a Playstation 3. Being a complete petrolhead, I've mainly bought the PS3 to race cars (Grid/GT5 Prologue), but I have unsurprisingly been sucked into the world of online gaming and in particular, the awesome 'Call Of Duty 4:Modern Warfare'.

"Oi, have you seen Soap?" "No mate, try the shower!"

A visually stunning first person shoot'em up, that takes you on an intense ride of missions and challenges. The graphics, gameplay, action and plot are all highly convincing and the speed with which the action takes place makes your heart race.

As a complete novice I'm absolutely rubbish, but it doesn't seem to matter in this parallel world of Special Ops and covert missions abroad.  Just sign up as a new recruit, get battling online with your mates, or at home on your own, and blow sh#t up!

:: Shifting Shapes ::

I've now got two new quality productions from The Shapeshifters on heavy rotation. They've brilliantly re-worked the seminal 'Chime' by Orbital, as part of their Treadstone E.P.  I know lots of people may not like the idea of Orbital being tampered with, but I'd rather hear a quality remix of this tune, by quality producers, rather than a half-arsed bootleg of the original 12" matched to a naff drum loop.

The Shapeshifters have also come out with a fantastic remix of Todd Terry's 'Get Down'. I've consistently used the original Kenny Dope mix to warm up an audience, but now Simon & Max breathe a jacking bassline and lots of space into this cracking tune.

Top work fellas.